Chapter 446 – Eugenics in the New World (13)
I chased the troll shaman and ran to the wall.
“Tsk.”
When I left the house, a cold winter wind blew in. There was a bit of a burnt smell mixed in.
Furrrr—.
I looked around and saw that the fire was burning where the ogres and trolls had scattered. It seemed that suppression would not be difficult, but since the beginning of history, I have heard that fire attack is the best tactic to drive people into fear and demoralize them.
‘I guess the guards will lock themselves in the walls more.’
It was a bad result.
As far as I know, there is a fantasy special saying that Mercury is three times more advantageous than Siege, but in a long-term battle, we were at a disadvantage. Because the enemy was a commando who was not afraid of death.
As I ran while clicking my tongue, it took an instant to reach the wall.
“Franc! Dana!”
Fran and Dana were also running. I waited with my feet on the tower inside the wall going up to the castle wall.
Did it bounce while finishing? Troll blood spattered on Franc’s coat.
“Aren’t you both hurt? How is it? Did you have to fight?”
“Uh. I stopped him from trying to start a fire with some old magic item… Looks like you couldn’t stop it.”
“I guess it was too late to respond. Not all wizards have climbed the walls. Let the others turn it off on their own.”
“Yes. But, you know, the trolls we caught. Oddly enough, it didn’t feel very strong.”
Is that too Exactly as I thought. I nodded roughly and went up the wall.
‘The watershed is whether or not the enemy will attack immediately.’
If I’m not coming in right away, I have time to contact Veronica and read the memories of the troll pups I’ve been with.
With such thoughts in mind, I went up the spiral staircase to the castle wall, sensing the deadly atmosphere and squinting my eyes. On the darkened walls, a large torch was struggling to drive away the night.
Was it like that? It was hard to say that the complexions of the people illuminated by the torches were equally good.
“… Father-in-law. How did it go?”
The father-in-law pointed to the plain with a confused look on his face.
There was a man who came running towards him with the appearance of an undead. I couldn’t recognize who it was for a moment because of his aged face, but looking at that armor, I thought it was Benjamin. Did the cub get on the wrong time machine? You’re so damn old
When I looked up a bit more, I saw a corpse wearing a magi-magi robe rolling around. I also saw the dead body of Mr. Cell Something.
“This throb?”
And a little further back was the main body of the Troll King.
I couldn’t see the troll king, but there were those who seemed to be members of the Royal Guard. In addition, the fact that the foot soldiers had definitely eaten their fill and had full muscles, it was enough to feel that it was a mighty army that could be easily understood even from such a distance.
The number exceeded 100. About 150-160 or so?
‘Fuck you kid. It’s not a cockroach, where do they keep popping up?’
The enemy stood there as if to show off a power car to us.
If you take your eyes off it for a moment, the atmosphere seems to be about to charge, but there is no movement. In addition, it was a difficult location to bombard with magic because it was at the end of the plain. My mother-in-law also opened her mouth as if she sympathized with me for inadvertently spitting out swear words.
“I took down the troll king you said was fake, but those who charged him were almost destroyed. Conand was taken away by a troll shaman who suddenly appeared, and Benjamin, as you can see, is like that.”
“… You were taken away?”
When I heard that she had been taken away, I looked at my mother-in-law’s complexion.
My mother-in-law didn’t have any facial expression, but that expressionless expression did not fit the situation. I could have guessed that he must be quite complicated, but I put off the words of consolation and the revelation of Koganom’s misdeeds for a while.
“Two minutes. Come here for a while.”
I turned my attention away from the one-armed Benjamin and said,
The father-in-law and the grown-up couple looked after the retainers and followed them. The only vassal left on this wall was a man tearing his hair out. The rest would have run to Benjamin or the lord.
The father-in-law asked a question quietly as if he had not lost his cool.
“Why? Do you want to run away?”
“No. Rather the opposite. We must strike the enemy’s head.”
“… It’s been a while since I’ve known you, but you’re not going to be a man who says things that don’t need to be said. Is there any way?”
“Yes. We’ll have to check it to see, but if we can strike the head of the enemy away from the main force, would you cooperate?”
“I will help whenever possible. However, one of Sirona and I must stay here. As a representative to replace the chieftain.”
The father-in-law couple looked at Dana and answered. Sirona, is that my mother-in-law’s name? Said Dana.
“The chief priest would be better. Daddy’s not good at fighting.”
“… A normal warrior level is enough.”
“What. It must be a common casualty. Command quietly. Sitting is also an important job for a commander. I’ll trust you got it?”
“Uh, um. Yes…”
My mother-in-law decided to step in instead of my father-in-law, but my mother-in-law, who looked at the city for a while, told me.
“Are you thinking of taking a detour? It’ll be troublesome if it’s too late.”
“There is a way. I will fly to the goal at once.”
“If it’s not a matter of time, I’ll take Lirua too. It’s uneasy when you’re the only one in the vanguard.”
That was right. I nodded.
“Please persuade me. We, Yeongji, didn’t put it in the compilation, but Lirua-sama might have to sneak out.”
“What would be the problem if I returned with the head of the enemy general?”
If so, that’s it. We gathered together and went down from the wall. This round trip is also getting tiresome.
“Fran, Dana. I’m sorry for this situation. Please do me a favor.”
“Is it Shade? Ugh, this is definitely embarrassing timing.”
Fran said quickly. I shyly shrugged.
The enemy had already prepared their battle lines. Fortunately, if Veronica rummaged through the troll’s memories until her bedtime, Shade’s telling her of this in her dream would be straightforward.
“Let’s assume that a warrior spends the night with her wife before going to battle. Isn’t that kind of a normal situation in a war movie or something?”
“What is a movie, you bastard from another world? Are you talking about something only you know?”
“Hehe. I’ll show you someday.”
Even for that, I had to overcome the present. It was because I couldn’t just throw away my father-in-law and the people from Dana’s hometown.
We hid in the right shade and finished the shade preparation in a short and quick way. I immediately sat up with my legs crossed.
Woo woo woo…
It was an atmosphere of war clouds, but I wasn’t worried about how quickly I fell asleep. It was because she fell asleep in a sitting position as soon as she inhaled the magical sleeping gas while being guarded by her wives.
“Well.”
When I opened my eyes, it was a meadow. It is a familiar space.
I immediately took out the Rune Stone Scepter from my bosom and released the memories I had sealed there. Unlike Yenna, these cubs didn’t build a firewall in their minds, so reappearance was quick.
Hwaaaaak-!!
Then, in an instant, the scenery turned black. Det… ?
“… Any scenery blackout?”
I was taken aback, thinking something was wrong, but the disgusting smell of troll and ogre sweat wafting through me made me realize that this was a dark basement.
“These bastards. Are you children of darkness?”
Do people forget to be considerate of people of color like me because they have night vision?
As a PCist who values PC more than console, it was hard to tolerate. It’s been said that manners make a person, but there is a reason these bastards are not a person.
─Pong!
I clicked my tongue and lit up with magic. It didn’t fly far, so only the surroundings became brighter, but that was enough.
[Gun, are you ready?]
The troll king was sitting on his fucking throne, holding Gao. His face is setting the mood to the point where he might have looked pretty cool if it wasn’t for the freaking monster.
Those prostrated in front of that bastard were thoroughly armed SS-level trolls and ogres.
Could it be an artifact stolen from the Winglings? The equipment is better than when I first saw it. The troll shaman knelt in front said.
[Of course. Lord Horsha, wait for my return and prepare to wake up from the wild.]
[Yes. But awakening itself is an instant. Thanks to the artifacts I looted from the hybrids of Berserk. Then, one last time, I will explain the operation concisely once again.]
The troll king said with a big laugh.
[Inferior species will send scouting with high probability. You guys will mislead the enemy with a decoy corps dressed in my old gear. After that, Myonon uses the power of the artifact to approach the cumbersome wall, destroy it, and return. This unit arrives a step late and prepares the battle line.]
[Yes! My ax will unleash the glory of Huldfolk!]
[I will believe it. The detailed changes of the operation are left to Teltsz.]
[Yes!]
As I watched, my eyes sank.
It was a solemnity and intelligence that could hardly be thought of as a conversation between monsters. Considering the annoying voice, it could be seen as a military strategy meeting. It’s far more disciplined than the clutter I’ve seen in Alwyn’s meeting room.
“Is it possible to become a hero of the troll race for the sake of selling shit?”
I said something more, then looked at the troll king as he walked into the darkness.
Heroes are born in turbulent times. He might be the hero of the trolls and ogres who had lost their territory and hid beneath the land.
Of course, from the point of view of the human beings who are eaten, they are nothing more than a piece of shit in the world.
I was worried about the unlucky word ‘awakening’, so I chased after the leaving baby, but even if I went through the darkness, there was only a cave-like place. The troll king, who was called Lady Horsha, didn’t even show off his nose.
‘Because the memory of the young troll I caught is cut off here.’
The two-axe hairy troll was on its way to the surface. You may know the topography of this place, but since you haven’t seen where the troll king went and what he’s doing, there’s no way he’ll remember it.
I gave up and explored further inside.
The caves became increasingly artificial. A delicate space that could not be created with the big hands of trolls or ogres came out.
I engraved the coordinates of that place into my memory and flew through the wall to the ground.
“… My dear This is another terrible nightmare.”
I was looking down at the troll king’s headquarters from about 1000 meters above the ground, when Veronica appeared and started talking to me. She was wearing the same traditional Romanian dress as usual.
I laughed and said
“It’s not really a dream. It’s a fucking reality.”
“So it is a nightmare. It’s clear at first glance that it’s someone’s memory.”
Veronica stuck out her tongue. It was an undeniable fact.
